Cinerary receptacle



Oct. 14 1924.

R. E. TORNBLOM CINERARY RECEPTACLE Filed Feb. 26. 1923 Patented Oct. 14, 1924.

UNITED STATES ROBERT E. TORNBLOM, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CINERABY RECEPTACLE.

Application filed February 26, 1923. Serial No. 831,851.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. ToRNBLoM, a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cinerary Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to detrital receivers of the portable type, particularly adapted for the collection of cigar ashes and analogous waste matter, and it has especial reference to closures for the same.

The main object of the invention is to produce an improved container of the type aforesaid, designed for the personal and individual use of persons addicted to smoking tobacco, in any form thereof, and to make it of such shape, size, and weight as to render it' convenient to carry in the pocket, so that a smoker may have always at hand a clean and sanitary receptacle wherein to deposit the residue of a pipe, cigar or cigarette, Wherever facilities of that sort are wanting.

Another object is to provide a receptable of the character described with a dual closure, consisting of a pair of superimposed movable membeis, so constructed that when both are shut the inner member serves to prevent the contents of the receptacle from coming into contact with the under face of the outer member.

A further object is the provision in a receptacle of the nature set forth, of means operating interrelatively to lock together the superimposed members pertaining to its cover, whenever they are in closed position.

Still another object in producing a. re-

' ceptacle of the kind specified is to insure the proper and timely shutting of the same, through the medium of an interconnecting element carried by one of the pair of superimposed members and adapted to engage the other member thereof in such a way as to make it imperative to close the latter fully before the interlockingof the two members can be effected.

A still further object is the production of a receptacle of the class mentioned hav ing a dual closure as above stated, wherein the upper member includes an element adapted, when outwardly ex osed, toreceive an object lodged thereon, an acting as well, upon inversion, to lock the sublying member in the relative position thereto assigned.

An additional object is to suppl a. receptacle of the genus alluded to wit a cover comprising a fixed outer portion, besides the dual closure composed of the movable members aforementioned, the whole being so constituted that the pair of movable members will co-operate one with the other only in their closed positions, while the inner member alone of the air will at all times be coacting with the ed outer rtion.

A subsidiary object is to furnis a receptacle of the sort referred to with appropriately disposed guides, one of which shall be engaged by the fixed outer portion of the cover and afford a connection for the correspondingly located movable member thereof, the other guide meanwhile receiving the movable inner member and maintaining it in functional relation to both the exteriorly situated parts of the cover before mentioned.

A general object is to obtain a practical receptacle for the purpose contemplated, which shall be easily operated; pleasing in appearance; quickly essembled, and not liable to get out of order; besides admitting of economical manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

With the aforsaid objects in view, the invention consists of the novel combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in their preferred embodiments, pointed out in the subjoined claims, and illustrated on the annexed drawing, wherein like parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

In the said drawing Figure 1 is a top plan view of this improved device, looking down upon its movable parts in their closed positions;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, looking up from the lower edge of the preceding figure, the movable parts thereof being 100 shown open;

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking upwardly, the parts appearing in corresponding relation;

Fig. 4 is an end elevation, looking from the left-hand side of Fig. 2, theparts corresponding in position to those represented in Fig. 1; and

a Fig. 5 is a. similar elevation, looking from l" the same side of Fig. 2, but with the visible movable parts open.

Generally described, the invention under consideration includes in its organization a container comparatively wide with regard to its length, but of relatively low height or depth. oppositely-disposed, internal and external guides are formed with the open top of the container, the bottom whereof is raised or ofi'set inwardly of the same. Over the open top is placed a coverv divided in two substantially equal parts, one of which is afiixed to the corresponding portion of the external ide, while the other can be swung u and own about a hinge that connects tliese parts together. The arrangement is such that the free portion of the cover may be moved at will either into closing position over the subjacent end of the container, or

.else folded back upon the fixed portion which permanently closes the container at the 0 posite end. Received between the internal guides beneath the hinged section of the cover, is a slidable closure member, slightly longer than the movable section, and serving in sublying registration therewith to prevent matter deposited in the container from reaching the cover thereabove. member has one of its transverse ends in scraping contact with the fixed cover section, makmg a tight joint thereagainst, while the other end of the member provides a grip wherewith the same can be manipulated. The movable section of the cover carries, on the inside thereof, an element which can be forced into engagement with an abutment formed with the slidable closure member referred to, at such times as the movable cover section is brought down thereupon. The element named may be of a nature adapting it to hold an object laced thereon, particularly when the movable cover section is open or swung back upon the stationary section to which it is hinged. One side of a depression or pocket extending inwardly of the container, from the movable cover section thereof, conveniently constitute the abutment spoken of above. Within this pocket, which may be made fairly large, can be'accommodated the element previously mentioned, the same affording a suitable means for interrelatively locking the outer movable cover section and the inner slidable closure member, one to the other.

The advantages of the invention as here This panying drawing, therefore, is submitted merely as showing the preferred exemplification of the invention.

Referring now to the aforesaid views, for

comparatively broad with respect to its length, and of relatively, shallow proportion, as regards its depth or height, so as to afford an article that is convenient to carry in a persons pocket.

As shown, the receptacle 11 comprises longitudinal side walls 12, which are joined by rounded ends 13. Both the side and end walls are preferably made to bulge outwardly, as indicated at 14, 15, respectively, that is, they are given convex curvatures, for the purpose of enhancing their ap earance, and moreover to increase the capacity of the receptacle, as well as to impart additional strength to it, particularly if fashioned from thin and light material, as at present contemplated. Access to the interior of the receptzgile is had through its upper side, prefera y.

Top and bottom portions 16 and 17, of the teriorly of the receptacle, and internally thereof another guide 21, concave and narrower, located substantially opposite the former.

From its base line 23, the underside of the said bottom portion 17 is raised, as at 24,

convex retainer or guiding surface 20 ex- 1 inwardly of the receptacle. This prevents the contents of the latter, if hot, from transmitting excessive heat to a table or other primary support upon which the device may be temporarily rested, due tothe fact that a layer of air is confined beneath the raised bottom 23, which thus provides a desirable insulation.

Overlying the open top side of the receptacle 11, is a sectional cover, composed by preference of two substantially equal parts, one of which 26 is provided on three sides thereof with an inwardly crimped rim 27, conforming in shape to the underlying portion of the guide 20 and. adapted to em,-

brace the same tiglhtly, so that the said sec: tional part 26 of t ecover is fixedly anchored in place thereon. Flexibly attached to the inner transverse edge of this fixed cover section 26, as by means of a hin e 29, is the other sectional part 30, which is movable and constitutes a lid for the open portion of the receptacle thereunder. The movable cover section 30 can either be laid down over the said open portion, with its depending flanges 31 shielding the adjacent exposed portion of the guide 20 on the receptacle, or else it may be swung about the hinge 29, upwardly, and rearwardly as farf back as the top of the companion section 26, so as to lie upon it as represented in Figs. 2 and 5, in which inverted position the movalble lid constitutes an upwardly facing open trough.

Slidably maintainedv within the internal guide 21, is a closure-member 33, which, when moved to the extreme left end of the receptacle 11, as depicted in Fig. 3, serves to shut the open portion thereof directly under the lid 30. The member 33 reaches approximately from the free or un' incumbered end of the lid to a point a short distance beyond the inner transverse edge of the fixed cover section 26, that is, to the right of the movable cover section 30, as shown in the figure last named. 1

The opposite cross-wise extending ends of the slidable closure member 33 are preferably turned upwardly, as Fig. 3 shows, the one on the left, designated by the numeral 34:, conforming to the inside contour of the before-mentioned top portion 16 of the receptacle, while that on the right, marked 35, constitutes a rearwardly projected lip which stands in scraping relation to the underside of the anchored cover section 26. The up-turned parts 34: and 35, may

both be considered, in fact, as upstanding lips, the purpose of which is to form seals designed to check the escape of the contents of the receptacle. The outer lip 34, on the left-hand side, serves in addition as a grip or finger-hold wherewith the member 33 can be manipulated, to slide the same into or out of either of its closed or open positions.

When the movable lid and the slidable member thereunder are in superimposed relation as illustrated by Fig. 3, it will be readily seen that they form together a double closure, so constituted and arranged that no matter how the receptacle in its entirety is handled or thrown about, the refuse contained therein cannot reach the lid 30, by reason of the fact that the slide 33 keeps it off the same. Conversely, it is obvious that nothing can touch the outer face of the slide from the exterior of the closed lid. From the foregoing it will be understood that at such times as the latter sufiiciently for either or both of the said parts 30 and 33 to be retained by frictional contact in their assigned positions, still it 'has deemed advisable to furnish a special means for interrelatively locking the same, i. e. one to the other. Such a means may conveniently consist of a retaining element, as 37, carried by one of the members of the said double closure, and cooperating with an abutment or engaging part 38, provided on the other member thereof. A practical embodiment of the retainer 37 may be in the nature of a bifurcated semi-resilient tongue projecting at substantially right angles from the inside face of the movable cover section 30, and secured thereto, as by a rivet 39, passing through a flange 40, disposed in offset relation to the said tongue, which as illustrated is located at a predetermined distance from the free extremity of the movable cover section. By preference, the abutment 38 is included with one of the sides of a pocket or depression 42, which as shown may extend downwardly from the slida'ble closure member 33, interiorly of the receptacle 11. The coa-ction between the retaining element 37 and the engaging :part 38 occurs at right angles to the direction of movement of the slidable member 33, and approximately so to the movable lid 30, at the last part of its travel.

It will be readily perceived that, unless the retainer 37 and the abutment 38 are put or brought into alignment, the locking action before spoken of cannot be elfected. Precaution must be taken, therefore, to insure that the closure member 33 bears hard against the extreme left-hand side of the guide 21, in order to locate the engageable edge of the pocket or depression 42 so that. the tongue element will register therewith. If the member 33 is placed in the position just named, it will be plainly seen that egress from the receptacle 11 is completely blocked.

Whenever it is desired to disengage the retaining element 37 from the contacting abutment 38, pertaining to the depression 42, incidentally to swinging back the lid 30 into the position thereof depicted in Fig. 2,

it is an easy matter to pry up the latter, by placing the nail of one finger under the free outermost, left-hand edge of its forward flange 31, and pushing or pulling thereon in ranged, bordering flanges 31 of the mov an upward direction. Then the element 37 will be drawn away from frictional or crowding cont-act with the adjacent side of the pocket or depression 42. It 'will be no: ticed that in the position lastreferred to, and as exemplified in Fig. 5, the bifurcated element 37 is substantially erect, and affords a rest or temporary support/for one end of a cigar or cigarette laid thereon, normally the lighted and ash-producing end. The ashes are readily caught by the similarly-a? 0 cover section or lid 30, that is, such ashes s may have fallen off the burning cigar or cigarette. and which are easily chuted into 'the receptacle 11, provided of course the inner closure member 33 has been previously opened for the purpose. This is done by sliding back the member 33, to the ri ht-- hand end of the receptacle, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and then the collected ashes can be dumped into the forward end, on the left as shown, by simply tilting the lid about its hinge at the required inclination.

Although the herein disclosed arrange ment of co-opera-ting double closure members has been described herein with particular reference to a portable cinerary receptacle, .fit to be carriedin a smokers pockct for use at various times and-places, it stands to reason thatthe same can equally as well be applied to difl'erent species of containers or receivers for any other appropriate purpose. I

\Vhile a certain preferred embodiment of this device has been shown and described, it will be understood that changes in the form, arrangements, proportions, sizes and details thereof may be made, without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I desire to secure by Letters Patentand claim, is I 1. A device of the character described including in combination, a receptacle adapted temporarily to store matter deposited therein, a sectional cover extending over the same, part of said cover being stationary and another part thereof movable, and a slide contained entirely within said receptacle, being coextensive with said movable. part of the cover forming therewith a dual closure.

2. A device of the character described in-' cluding in combination, a receptacle for the deposit of waste matter, a cover therefor composed of a fixed section and a movable section flexibly connected therewith, a slidable closure member normally carried in apposition to said movable cover section at-the receiving end of the receptacle, being contained entirely within the latter, and means serving ordinarily to maintain said member in tightly closing position so that the matter thereunder may not come into contact with the overlying cover section.

3. A device of the character described including in combination, a container designed for the reception of detrital matter, a sectional cover overlyingvthe same, a movable lid constituting a part of said cover while the remaining portion thereof is fixedly anchored in position, a slidable closure member wholly encompassed by said container underlying said lid, and interenga ing elements carried by said member an the lid operating to lock them togetherin such a way that the former ma not be displaced without first raising the latter.

4. A device of the character described including in combination, a. container provided with an o ening in the upper part thereof, and a dual closure for said opening, consisting of juxtaposed members respectively adapted, one to slide and the other to OS- cillate with relation to the container, both of said members remaining in either open or closed condition Within the contour of the latter.

5. A device of the character described including in combination, a container partly open at its upper side, a double closure for the opening therein composed of interrelatively movable members admitting normally to be held in juxtaposition, one of said members being oscillatable and the other slidable, both of said members remaining within the contour of said container whether open or closed, and means capable of locking the members together so as to retain the same over said opening until a positive movement is effected to force them apart from each other.

6. A device of the character described including in combination, a receptacle provided with an openingat the top near. one

end, a. lid for said opening arranged to op in slidswing to and from the same, a juxtaposed member commensurate with the able thereacross beneath said lid, being contained entirely within said'receptacle, and means enabling said meniber'to' be retracted, subsequently to raising theflid, in order, to open the receptacle.

7. A device of the'character described ins cluding in combination, a receptacle having an open upper side, a sectional cover fixedly retained over said open side at one end, a movable lid forming a part of said cover at the other end of the receptacle, and a closure 7 cover laid upon said side, one section of said cover being rigidly held over part of the latter, another cover section constituting a movable lid for the remaining opening in the receptacle, a closure member slidable under both of said sections, being constantly retained within said receptacle, and means operable to lock said lid and said member together at a point in the receptacle away from the fixed part of the cover.

9. A device of the character described including in combination, a receptacle provided with an opening at the upper side near one end thereof, dual guiding means encompassing said opening, a lid member engage-able by one of said means, and a closure member in engagement with the other guiding means designed to act in conjunction with said lid, said closure being constantly Within the receptacle, said members being normally in co-operative juxtaposition at the open side of the receptacle.

10. A device of the character described including in combination a receptacle formed with an open side, guides adjacent to said side respectively provided exteriorly and interiorly of the receptacle, a lid adapted to engage the external guide, and a closure member contained at all times entirely within said receptacle engaging the internal guide subjacent to said lid, the latter and said member being interrelatively movable so as to bring them normally into juxtaposition.

11. A device of the character described including in combination, a receptacle provided with substantially oppositely disposed guides, a cover section held partly in fixed position by one of said guides, a lid operatively connected to said section, and a closure member movable relatively to the other one of the guides in co-operative juxta-position alternately to both the fixed cover section and the lid, said member being at all times entirely contained within said receptacle.

'12. A device of the character described including in combination, a receptacle open at the upper side, a double closure therefor consisting of movable outer and inner members adapted to be held in co-operative juxtaposition, the iner one of the members being constantly encompassed by the receptacle, and means also within said receptacle for in'terrelatively locking said members together.

1.3. A cinerary receptacle having a dual closure composed of coacting oscillatable and translatable outer and inner members, and co-opera'ting engaging and engagement elements carried by said members respectively, the inner one of the members and one of the elements being atall times encompassed by said receptacle, said elements operating in terrelatively to lock the latter in predetermined posit-ion within the receptacle.

14. A cinerary receptacle having a dual closure composed of coacting lid and slide members in juxtaposition at the open side thereof, an element projecting from one member of said closure, and a part included in the other member thereof arranged to receive said element so as to lock said members in closed position.

15. A cinerary receptacle having a dual closure composed of coacting juxtaposed oscillatable and reciprocable members, an element depending from the oscillatable member, and a pocket provided on the recipro cable member ada ted to receive said element to lock said mem rs in closed position one with the other.

ROBERT E. TORNBLOM. 

